New Puritan Lead etched wooden box I found this handsome wood

I found this handsome wood duck in Southern Maine

It measures 8 ¾” long and 2” across at widest

Otherwise just some staining

and the arms move freely and easily

New Puritan Lead etched wooden box I found this handsome woodSomething in the combination of text and material just spoke to me when I found these blocks of New Puritan Lead the other day in Maine, weighing in at about 8 pounds. It seems somehow rather poignant that "Puritan" and lead should be linked, perhaps as if to signify the heavy weight of the puritanical in many senses. And the font on the text seems perfectly right, declarative and unwavering. (A little bit Jenny Holzer esque too.) To my sensibilities,